“The UCP is failing Alberta families. They promised to fill the office towers in downtown Calgary, but they failed. In their first budget, the UCP declared economic diversification a luxury and cut programs that were working,” Ellingson said. “An Alberta NDP government will revitalize downtow...
This Bill is a key part of Canada’s commitment to advance work with Métis partners to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. As highlighted in Budget 2023, Canada will continue its collaborative work to conclude self-government Treaties with the Métis Gove...
If current trajectories of government spending continue, then in another 10 years the gap will be nearly 4 times what it was in 1999. Reducing the size of the Budget Gap is necessary to protect Albertans from repeatedly suffering wide swings in levels of public service, shifting tax rates and...
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is highlighting 2022 as a major year for highway upgrade work. A news release from the province stated Alberta invested $1.6 billion into 203 projects, with the 2022 budget committing $7.3 billion through the Transportation and Economic Cor...
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is promising reforms to reduce high auto insurances costs, but the Official Opposition says the changes are so soft and cosmetic they do little for drivers getting walloped by high premiums.
In the 2021 provincial budget, the Alberta government aimed to double tourism spending to hit more than $16 billion annually in 2030 as part of an ambitious tourism recovery plan. In 2020, the government had forecasted collecting $92 million from the tourism levy, but decreased its...
On April 19, 2023, the United Conservative Party government released its Emissions Reduction and Energy Development plan. Its stated goal was to "enhance (Alberta's) position as a global leader in emissions reductions, clean technology and innovation, and sustainable resource...
However, inflation has taken a toll on drivers in Alberta. So much so that the government froze any new rate increases at the beginning of 2023. This has upset private insurers who say the freeze does not help that affordability and new challenges will emerge when the freeze lifts. ...
"Acting on these issues will restore our international reputation-the necessary prerequisite to getting access to more markets for our energy products," Ceci said in delivering the government's budget in Edmonton, Bloomberg News reported, noting that the province is now Canada's largest consumer of...
Home education advocates, and the Alberta government, say this boom is a sign the expansion of choice in education offered by the province is working. Other parents feel they’ve been backed into the role of home educator because funding and service cuts have made it impossible for ...